Lakmal seemed ecstatic sending back one of the world's most famed athlete Virat Kohli on a duck and he expressed while interacting with Cricbuzz, "I have been playing Test cricket for eight years now but this is the first time I am playing against India. I have dismissed so many big names in world cricket but not Kohli. Very satisfied that the planning that I put in, worked and that I was able to dismiss him for a duck."

Lakmal displayed excellent bowling with the new ball and his aim is to achieve a five-wicket haul, "I want to take a five-wicket haul here somehow. That will be great if I can do that. India is world's number one ranked team and doing it against them will be a good achievement."

Lakmal didn't figure in the playing XI when India toured Sri Lanka earlier this year. He related his hard work before coming to India, "Prior to this series at home, I watched lot of videos and drew up plans for each Indian batsman. I am the leader of the fast bowling group in the team and I need to lead the team by example. So I feed lot of information to the other four fast bowlers. If I don't lead by example, the other players lose confidence as well. So I worked hard. Lot of planning went in for this series."

Picking up three wickets on the first day itself, Lakmal elated, "This is the first time in Asia that I have encountered a wicket of this nature. Usually, we play on slow turners. Really excited about bowling out here. All my life, I have bowled on flat wickets which don't help seamers at all. We need five more wickets and we need to dismiss them quickly to have any chance of winning this game. Hopefully the weather stays clear as well."

Seamer Nuwan Pradeep been rested for the Test series and Lakmal seemed he missed bowling beside his compatriot as he commented, "Nuwan is my best friend too. Had he been there on a wicket like this, it would have been great. We have played together for the last three years. Bowling along with him could have put us in a better position. Unfortunately he is not here, but Lahiru Gamage and Dasun Shanaka have done well."

Sri Lankan pacers put up some impeccable deliveries that rendered India's batting arsenal blunt and the hosts have been bowled out for 172 runs on the third day. Lakmal bagged four wickets on the greenish turf while Lahiru Gamage, Dasun Shanaka and Dilruwan Perera picked up two wickets apiece.

Pleased to dismiss Virat Kohli for a duck elates jubilant Suranga LakmalDescription:Lakmal bowled six overs and scalped openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan's wicket and sent back skipper Virat Kohli on a duck conceding 0 runsTimes Now